A red-letter day
This week’s Friday, June 17, is a red-letter day. One reason is that it’s my brother Bill’s birthday. Happy B-day ending in a zero, bro. You’ll never catch me. Another [...]
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Posted June 14, 2022in Morain
Posted June 07, 2022in Morain
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE
The theme for this week’s column is “Be careful what you wish for.” Or maybe “What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.” Either applies. Last fall the [...]
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Posted June 01, 2022in Morain
Most gun laws result from policy, not constitutionality
America is very good at mourning its victims of mass shootings. Should be — we get plenty of practice. Local, state and national leaders express their heartfelt condolences to the [...]
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Posted May 24, 2022in Morain
2022 Bell Tower Festival
This year’s Bell Tower Festival in Jefferson will be special. It’s the 43rd annual Festival, but that’s not anything out of the ordinary. The extra “secret sauce” this year is [...]
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Posted May 17, 2022in Morain
Courts
Appeals courts that sit as multi-member panels, including supreme courts, hear pleadings and legal arguments in public. But after those end, and the briefs are filed, the judges retire to [...]
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Posted May 10, 2022in Morain
Iowans themselves could decide the state’s abortion status
Millions of Americans are now focused on the issue of abortion, after someone leaked a first draft of the U.S. Supreme Court’s apparent decision to repeal the nation’s guarantee of [...]
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Posted May 05, 2022in Morain
I’m a Rhubarbarian
Last Sunday, May 1, would have been my late brother Tom’s 75th birthday. He is much missed by his extended family members and many, many friends. Tom was blessed with [...]
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Posted April 29, 2022in Morain
Will the American Constitution’s strength prevail?
The nation has seen fit to tweak the original document as times and sentiments have changed. Are American political institutions strong enough to withstand the battering they’re taking today from [...]
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Posted April 29, 2022in Morain
Last Friday marked the 75th anniversary of one of the most signal days in the history of baseball
Last Friday marked the 75th anniversary of one of the most signal days in the history of baseball – in fact, in the history of American professional sports, and in [...]
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Posted April 29, 2022in Morain
Ineffable
Beethoven’s genius overcame his handicap, and he created most of his compendium of magnificent compositions within a silent world. The word “ineffable” means incapable of being described in words. It’s [...]
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